Friday, March 2, 2012

The Beatles embroidery designs

Maps of the world, of conti- nents, or of our own country, often bear dates as far back as the later years of the eighteenth century.

The popularity of the sampler appears to have greatly declined after the first two or three decades of the nineteenth century. One sampler* of the earlier part of that century may be described. Besides the customary house, with trees, animals, and birds, it has the quaintly designed figure of a man in a red coat perhaps an army pen- sioner. The little embroideress has supplied the means of identification by working the following inscription above the figure : " This is my Dear father."